Milo Ventimiglia

Milo Ventimiglia can be seen starring in the highest rated new show of the 2006 - 2007 television season, NBC's drama Heroes, about a group of seemingly everyday people who discover they have super powers. The show received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Television Series - Drama and also won the People's Choice Award for Favorite New Television Drama. Milo quickly garnered attention when he joined the cast of the television drama Gilmore Girls, as the quiet and complicated ‘Jess.' Milo also starred on Tom Fontana's WB Series The Bedford Diaries and the critically acclaimed drama American Dreams. His other television credits include a recurring character on David. E. Kelley's drama Boston Public and guest starring roles on primetime series such as The Fresh Prince of Bel AirC.S.I., Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Promiseland.

Milo is currently working on the heist film Armored with Matt Dillon and Laurence Fishburne. He has also recently completed work on The Chaos Theory and Game with Gerard Butler. He most recently starred as Sylvester Stallone's son in the sixth installment of the Rocky series, Rocky Balboa, which has proven to be a box office success. His other film credits include Stay Alive, Dirty Deeds, Sheer Bliss, Massholes and the Wes Craven/Kevin Williamson thriller Cursed. Additionally he starred in the short films Nice Guys Finish Last and Must be the Music, which debuted at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival to rave reviews.

Milo recently directed American Eagle Outfitters' first original series; a comedy entitled It's a Mall World, which was produced by his production company Divide Pictures. The 12-episode series will air exclusively on ae.com and three-minute teasers of the show premiered on MTV during Real World Sydney. American Eagle hired Milo and Divide Pictures again to direct and produce a claymation series called Home for the Holidays which aired throughout the 2007 holiday season. Milo currently resides in Los Angeles.

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